ECAC All-Rookie Team (2002) ECAC Second All-Star Team (2002) ECAC Rookie of the Year (2002) ECAC First All-Star Team (2003) ECAC Player of the Year (2003) (co-winner - David LeNeveu) NCAA East First All-American Team (2003)
Traded to NY Rangers by Montreal with Ryan McDonagh and Pavel Valentenko for Scott Gomez, Tom Pyatt and Michael Busto, June 30, 2009. Traded to Calgary by NY Rangers with Ales Kotalik for Olli Jokinen and Brandon Prust, February 2, 2010. Signed as a free agent by Florida, July 2, 2010. Traded to Vancouver by Florida for Evan Oberg and Vancouver's 3rd round choice (later traded back to Vancouver Vancouver selected Cole Cassels) in 2013 Entry Draft, February 28, 2011.

He's only 17 but he can see the ice so well and he moves the puck and goes to the open ice all the time, so I just think he's a player that is ready to play in the NHL. I'm really looking forward to coaching someone like this.

— U.S. National Junior Team coach Ron Wilson on Auston Matthews, the projected No. 1 pick of the 2016 NHL Draft